Forbidden Fruit 2015 : May 30-31

grudgehugger · 28-01-2015 4:21pm

cruhoortwunk wrote: »

only acts of 2 genres announced

I agree that this seems a very odd decision.

Announcing a list of electronic/hip hop acts makes complete sense if you're moving to focussing on those genres for the full festival.

If they are planning on sticking to a more varied line-up, then this first announcement just smacks of bad planning.

Saruwatari · 28-01-2015 4:54pm

Pretty disappointing list so far. Most of these have played here recently enough (like last few months recently) and a piss-poor live performer like Fatboy Slim as a headliner is just insulting.

Strumms · 28-01-2015 5:38pm

Very odd way to go about announcing a festival. Just one genre with others to follow ? How that benefits either the promoter or the gig going public and supporters of the festival is lost on me I'm afraid.

bodhrandude · 28-01-2015 6:40pm

It looks like recycled acts from the last two or three years of EP, so as per usual unless you live in Dublin and you are not a regular attender of EP, FF completely looses the potential EP audience for the earlier part of the summer as its just repeats. I suppose the same could be said for Life with Squarepusher but he is touring an new show, Longitude seems to be doing the same recycling too. Most festivals I suppose will repeat the same acts over the next few years, what I can see is up and coming acts who play Body & Soul festival will likely play EP the following year and other festivals as we are seeing. I was at the very first FF and Aphex Twin headlined on the Sunday that year, I don't think its been bettered since its debut.

Saruwatari · 28-01-2015 7:20pm

bodhrandude wrote: »

It looks like recycled acts from the last two or three years of EP, so as per usual unless you live in Dublin and you are not a regular attender of EP, FF completely looses the potential EP audience for the earlier part of the summer as its just repeats. I suppose the same could be said for Life with Squarepusher but he is touring an new show, Longitude seems to be doing the same recycling too. Most festivals I suppose will repeat the same acts over the next few years, what I can see is up and coming acts who play Body & Soul festival will likely play EP the following year and other festivals as we are seeing. I was at the very first FF and Aphex Twin headlined on the Sunday that year, I don't think its been bettered since its debut.

Right on the money here.
To Primavera we go! :pac:

bodhrandude · 28-01-2015 7:28pm

Saruwatari wrote: »

Right on the money here.
To Primavera we go! :pac:

Heading to Life myself as I've worked there the last three years and they've always had at least 4 or 5 acts a night I want to see or that I get blown away by so happy to stay put.

Oasis_Dublin · 28-01-2015 10:43pm

Unless they announce their guitar music day, I'll be spending my money elsewhere.

lc180 · 29-01-2015 11:50am

Bought a weekend early bird ticket. Considering I live in Kilmainham and there is zero commute needed €99 is not too shabby for a 3 day festival. I don't really care about headliners as long as there is a solid under card with at least 4 acts that trigger some form of interest each day. I've seen Joey Bada$$ and Booka Shade before and they are really worth seeing again, i missed out on Run The Jewels tickets back in December so def looking forward to them. The rest aren't really doing anything for me. I'm hoping for a lot of decent additions.

I wonder is Interpol the 'indie' headliner? Would make sense that they hold back on announcing til after their Olympia gigs?

Boom_Bap · 29-01-2015 11:54am

Excellent line up for a hip hop nerd like me.

St. Lupulin · 29-01-2015 10:27pm

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Excellent line up for a hip hop nerd like me.

I wonder could we also get Nas...

Boom_Bap · 30-01-2015 10:14am

If the promoter could also get Vic Mensa from that Wildlife festival is would be great.

I'm hoping that either or all of Ratking, Jeru The Damaja and Your Old Droog get added. They are all playing a fesival a few days later in Norfolk.
Funnily enough, it's called The Boom Bap Festival

EDIT: Scratch Ratking off the list, they are playing Life the same weekend

TechnoBadger · 30-01-2015 2:45pm

St. Lupulin wrote: »

I wonder could we also get Nas...

Looks like he was booked for Life

FrewBrews · 30-01-2015 5:01pm

As a massive Hip Hop fan I'm really looking forward to this, particularly Earl Sweatshirt and Run the Jewels. Run the Jewels put out my favourite album last year and hopefully we'll be getting a chance to hear the new stuff Earl has been working on.

I made a playlist on Spotify for the festival. I don't think I can link it cause I don't have a high enough post count on here but it should be the only one when you search "forbidden fruit 2015".

Laurel_Patente · 31-01-2015 9:47am

FrewBrews wrote: »

As a massive Hip Hop fan I'm really looking forward to this, particularly Earl Sweatshirt and Run the Jewels. Run the Jewels put out my favourite album last year and hopefully we'll be getting a chance to hear the new stuff Earl has been working on.

I made a playlist on Spotify for the festival. I don't think I can link it cause I don't have a high enough post count on here but it should be the only one when you search "forbidden fruit 2015".

I can't find this on spotify, are you sure it's up?

FrewBrews · 31-01-2015 9:58am

Laurel_Patente wrote:

I can't find this on spotify, are you sure it's up?

Should be now! Cheers.

Furious-Red · 31-01-2015 3:38pm

Matador is on the Sunday

SUN MAY 31, 2015 - 5:30 PM
Matador Verified-artist-flat
Dublin, Ireland

Furious-Red · 01-02-2015 1:40am

Also according to bandsintown say Wu Tang Clan and Fatboy Slim are on Sunday

nxbyveromdwjpg · 01-02-2015 2:42pm

Furious-Red wrote: »

Also according to bandsintown say Wu Tang Clan and Fatboy Slim are on Sunday

The Strokes dream is over so :mad:
Guess they were too big anyway.

I wonder who the 'guitar band' will be then.

RolandGoose · 01-02-2015 9:08pm

If there is to be a guitar band, I guess it makes sense for it to be The National.
They are doing European festivals in May.

ghostdancer · 03-02-2015 12:50pm

more acts tomorrow. dunno why they didn't just wait and announce the lot together...

JJ · 03-02-2015 1:10pm

Some morkeshing guru probably thought it would be a great idea to slowly but not too slowly build up excitement for the festival.

callmepetardu · 03-02-2015 8:04pm

Was really disappointed with the initial announcements, so I'm hoping tomorrow is a little bit better...

MeetReality · 04-02-2015 5:23pm

Richie Hawtin, Jamie XX, Groove Armada, Waze & Odyssey, Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons, Mount Kimbie, Kelela, Disciples & Booka Brass band just added!

nxbyveromdwjpg · 04-02-2015 5:26pm

MeetReality wrote: »

Richie Hawtin, Jamie XX, Groove Armada, Waze & Odyssey, Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons, Mount Kimbie, Kelela, Disciples & Booka Brass band just added!

Hmmm.. so, whens the next announcement?

Birneybau · 04-02-2015 5:33pm

No guitar bands then? Full on electronic festival.

Dr. Bre · 04-02-2015 6:00pm

well that didn't escalate quickly...

JJ · 04-02-2015 6:29pm

I hate to be negative and I really want to like Forbidden Fruit but they just keep disappointing so far this year.

ghostdancer · 04-02-2015 7:54pm

some good names there. Jamie xx was great at Life last year, Hawtin, Kelela and Mount Kimbie (if live) would all be good too.
still though, not really much to make me sell my Life ticket.

dunno why they're putting on so much electronic/hiphop stuff with the weekend that's in it though. would be much better getting a load of the bands that are at Primavera. maybe they'll be announced later....

presume Groove Armada is a DJ set like at IoW 2 weeks after. Mount Kimbie's only other appearance this year is a DJ set too.

Ferris_Bueller · 05-02-2015 12:29am

Agree with ghostdancer, can't see why they're going so electronic when Life is on the same weekend, went to Forbidden Fruit last year for the first time and it seemed like a nice crowd and atmosphere, I wonder will that be different this year.

Most acts that have been announced all played at an Irish festival in the past year or two;
Electric Picnic 2013 - Fatboy Slim, Wu Tang Clan, Mount Kimbie & Cyril Hahn
Life Festival 2014 - Dusky, Jamie XX, Ejeca, Groove Armada

Fairly sure Booka Brass Band played at a good few festivals last summer, and Booka Shade played at Life in 2013 I think.

It has the makings of a fun weekend, but not doing anything to drag me in personally and I'm sure anyone who has been to the above festivals would say the same. If the weather good and electronic music is your thing, surely Life would be the better option that weekend, we will see if they have anything else up their sleeve but so far I'm underwhelmed.

lc180 · 06-02-2015 5:17pm

€99 early bird weekend tickets are sold out. New price is €109 before fees

Not sure if this is the full price or if they will go up again.

thunderdog · 06-02-2015 6:44pm

Ferris_Bueller wrote: »

Agree with ghostdancer, can't see why they're going so electronic when Life is on the same weekend, went to Forbidden Fruit last year for the first time and it seemed like a nice crowd and atmosphere, I wonder will that be different this year.

Most acts that have been announced all played at an Irish festival in the past year or two;
Electric Picnic 2013 - Fatboy Slim, Wu Tang Clan, Mount Kimbie & Cyril Hahn
Life Festival 2014 - Dusky, Jamie XX, Ejeca, Groove Armada

Fairly sure Booka Brass Band played at a good few festivals last summer, and Booka Shade played at Life in 2013 I think.

It has the makings of a fun weekend, but not doing anything to drag me in personally and I'm sure anyone who has been to the above festivals would say the same. If the weather good and electronic music is your thing, surely Life would be the better option that weekend, we will see if they have anything else up their sleeve but so far I'm underwhelmed.

Yeah bit iffy on dates but I have definitely seen Ritchie Hawtin at EP in the last few years, and Book Shade played FF 3 years ago I think (maybe 4).

Yeah the booka brass lads played most irish festivals last year but haven't played FF before.

Furious-Red · 13-02-2015 1:39am

Bandsintown are now saying Wu Tang and FBS are on friday

Ferris_Bueller · 20-02-2015 8:35pm

Day by day breakdown so far taken from Goldenplec

Friday
Fatboy Slim
Disciples

Saturday
Wu Tang Clan.
Groove Armada DJ Set.
Jamie XX.
Mr Scruff.
Joey Bada$$.
Earl Sweatshirt.
Mount Kimbie DJ Set.
Bakermat.
Kelela.
Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons.
Booka Brass Band.

Sunday
Richie Hawtin.
Booka Shade.
Run The Jewels.
Matador.
Cyril Hahn.
Dusky.
Waze & Odyssey.
Ejeca.

JJ · 21-02-2015 10:58am

The second wave of early bird tickets ends on Monday so I'm guessing there might be another set of acts announced shortly after that.

https://twitter.com/ForbiddenFFest/status/568821833413337090

ghostdancer · 24-02-2015 11:07am

Ferris_Bueller wrote: »

Day by day breakdown so far taken from Goldenplec

Friday
Fatboy Slim
Disciples

Saturday
Wu Tang Clan.
Groove Armada DJ Set.
Jamie XX.
Mr Scruff.
Joey Bada$$.
Earl Sweatshirt.
Mount Kimbie DJ Set.
Bakermat.
Kelela.
Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons.
Booka Brass Band.

Sunday
Richie Hawtin.
Booka Shade.
Run The Jewels.
Matador.
Cyril Hahn.
Dusky.
Waze & Odyssey.
Ejeca.

that's official now, confirmation that Friday will be a bit scaled back too:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1536987679907214/permalink/1552448471694468/

POD Presents & Bulmers are happy to announce that early bird day tickets for Forbidden Fruit Festival are now on sale priced at:
Friday – €39.50. Saturday – €49.50. Sunday – €49.50.

Friday 29th May – Gates 4:30pm:
Fatboy Slim headline show, with support from Disciples and other special guests still to be announced.

Saturday 30th May – Gates 2:30pm:
Wu-Tang Clan, Groove Armada DJ Set, Jamie xx, Official Mr Scruff,
Joey Badass, Earl Sweatshirt, Mount Kimbie DJ Set, Bakermat, Kelela,
Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons, Booka Brass Band,
Plus many more to be announced

Sunday 31st May – Gates 2:30pm:
Richie Hawtin, Booka Shade LIVE, Run The Jewels, Matador,
Cyril Hahn, Dusky, Waze & Odyssey, plus many more to be announced.

Tickets available here: http://goo.gl/QfShZa

Elceeney · 25-02-2015 12:50am

What's the story with bringing alcohol into FF?

nxbyveromdwjpg · 25-02-2015 1:21am

Elceeney wrote: »

What's the story with bringing alcohol into FF?

You can't. It's a day festival with a bar.

JJ · 25-02-2015 8:28am

Elceeney wrote: »

What's the story with bringing alcohol into FF?

You can take your chances with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Naggin.

HausOfTony · 25-02-2015 10:27am

JJ wrote: »

You can take your chances with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Naggin.

Security was insane last year, never had such an intense search in my life so best of luck haha

Laurel_Patente · 25-02-2015 10:58am

I found security to be grand last year...was searched like but compared to Longitude (where I was stuck in a queue to get in for roughly half an hour) it wasn't too bad at all imo

Elceeney · 25-02-2015 11:49am

The festival starts at 1pm and you can't bring drink in... and closes at 11 - when most people would want to go to a nightclub/afterparty? There'll be a lot of people chewing face if thats the case.

HausOfTony · 25-02-2015 1:57pm

Laurel_Patente wrote: »

I found security to be grand last year...was searched like but compared to Longitude (where I was stuck in a queue to get in for roughly half an hour) it wasn't too bad at all imo

Saturday was fine but I just thought Sunday was insane. Saw a few other complaints on here too, people seemed to wire it down to the acts possibly attracting a different crowd on the Sunday but I dunno about that

Laurel_Patente · 25-02-2015 5:52pm

HausOfTony wrote: »

Saturday was fine but I just thought Sunday was insane. Saw a few other complaints on here too, people seemed to wire it down to the acts possibly attracting a different crowd on the Sunday but I dunno about that

Yeah we arrived late enough on the Sunday after overdoing it the first night so maybe the checks were strict earlier in the day...didn't see a proliferation of jaw swingers or eyes like satellites compared to other festivals but when it was non camping I suppose that's to be expected...

Saruwatari · 27-02-2015 3:36pm

Nicolas Jaar, Maya Jane Coles, Adam Beyer, Hot Since 82, Tensnake & Idris Elba just added.

LostArt · 27-02-2015 3:39pm

Great additions

lc180 · 27-02-2015 4:19pm

Saruwatari wrote: »

Idris Elba just added.

Yer man from The Wire???

cruhoortwunk · 27-02-2015 4:22pm

lc180 wrote: »

Yer man from The Wire???

No its a bluegrass band from Leitrim of the same name

ghostdancer · 27-02-2015 4:28pm

MJC, HS82 and Tensnake all played Life last year.

are they just trying to make FF a dance festival in the city centre to go head-to-head with Life?

Furious-Red · 27-02-2015 5:02pm

ghostdancer wrote: »

MJC, HS82 and Tensnake all played Life last year.

are they just trying to make FF a dance festival in the city centre to go head-to-head with Life?

Looks like it :mad:

BadTurtle · 27-02-2015 5:12pm

Apart from the headliners Life isn't up to much this year. the midlevel acts at FF are a better draw, and the djs would be more interesting to a mainsteam crowd too. Will be a very different crowd from last year though, hope it's not too full of LETS GO ****ING MENTAL meatheads.

Forbidden Fruit 2015 : May 30-31

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